The Wingham Advance-Times, 1945-12-20, Page 7111
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Good, Wishes
Good Wishes hasten by the score
To knock upon your friendly-door,
To say---•
"A Merry Christmas Day"
And Best of Luck
along your Way.
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"Peace on Earth,
Good Will
Toward • Men"
For this glories first Christmas of Peace, we wish
all our friends and customers a
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Very Merry Christmas and a
Happy and Prosperous New Year.
MAJOR IRWIN SPOKE
TO THE LIONS CLUB
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Mrs. W, J, Henderson Succeeds Mrs.
W. A. Russell As President
• The last leOting o the year of the
Women's Missionary .Society of St.
Andrew's Presbyterran church was
held Dec, 12th, Mrs, W. A. Russell,
the president opened the meeting with
a Xmas .message, The Devotional was
conducted by Mrs, W. J. Henderson,
who read from the Scripture's Colos-
sians 2:9-10, taking from these her sub-
ject."The Incarnate Christ", Miss Leah
CuFrroilelowleidngin tipwra
yrcelPorts of the past
year, the offering was taken with Mrs,
P, D. King giving the dedicatory pray-
er. An Xmas story "Candles from
Bethlehem" ,was given by Miss A. Mc-
Burney.
Mrs. W. J. Henderson, who .sue-
ceeds Mrs. W, A, Russell as president
in the corning year, then took the chair
to install the 1946 officers. She read
from the scriptures John 3: 1-27, fol-
lowed by prayer.
The officers are: I-Ion. President—
Mrs. Donald Rae; 1st. Vice-Pres.—
Mrs. H. F. McGee; .2nd, Vice-Pres.—
Mrs. P. D. King; 3rd. Vice-Pres.—
Mrs. A. Nimmo; Secretary—Mrs. T. •• .1
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We are hoping that every one.of you enjoys the happiness of
Christmas and the holiday season. We wish to express our thanks
for your patronage and your friendship.
The Manager and Staff of
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GREETI NaS
tro all my customers and
friends I wish 'a, very
Merry Christmas,
Jim Roberts
Wingham Electric •
Service
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At Ortona, the Canadians had heavy
fighting and did outstanding work. On
the Hitler Line and before Cassino,
fighting was very difficult due to the
deep valleys and mountainous nature
of the country. Nearly all the towns
were built high up on the hills. He
described the fighting around the Goth-
ic line and at Florence. At the ,Cenio
River his unit worked at various rang-
es from fifty miles right up to Mortar
ange. • At one time he had an oppor-
tunity to view the Leaning Tower of
Pisa. 'About March of 1945 he was
moved over to France 'by way of Mar-
seilles and eventually landed in Bel-
gium and was with the First Canadian
Division at Appledoorn in Holland
when VE day came, The fighting in
Holland was difficult as the Allies
wished to spare the Towns and heavy
artillery could not be used against the
Germans, YE-Day was celebrated
enthusiastically by the Dutch people.
He was moved over to England to the
Hospital and later arrived safely home.
He expressed his pride of the record
of the Canadian Dental Corps. They
were a non-combatant unit and were
self-reliant and self-contained. Lions
Jack Hanna and Harley Crawford in-
troduced a motion for a vote of thanks
to be tendered Major Arthur Irwin
for his interesting account of five years
of service in the armed forces.
Guests of the Club -were Flt. Lt.
Charles Dauphin, Flt, Lt. Borden
Spears, Squadron Leader Don Na-
smith, 'Pte, Harry Browne and Major
Arthur W. Irwin. At the request of
Lion Goal Buchanan curlers from the
Lions Club were requested to demon-
strate some of the close harmony ex-
hibited on their way home from the re-
cent tournament at Guelph. Lion Omar
Haselgrove, Clayton • Gammage, Jack
McKibbon and Harley Crawford prac-
ticed same very close harmony, Lion
Ron Rae was called upon for a solo
number and featured "Silent. Night"
leading the Club in the Chorus. Pre-
sident Bill Hamilton welcomed all the
men who had recently returned home.
Mr, Hugh Gage favored with two
fine violin solos. Secretary Stewart
Beattie reported that a donation of
$15,00 had 'been made to the Queen
Alexandra Sanatorium. The commit-
tee appointed to inquire into the mat-
ter of providing scholarships for the
schools had decided to present a $25
scholarship for a student of the High
School, the student to be selected by
the staff on the thesis of their standing.
Further recommendations would be
brought in later.
Lion Jack ,McKibbon reported for
the Boys and Girls Committee that ar-
rangements had been completed for the
Lions Christmas party for the child-
ren next Monday evening. The com-
mittee were making enquiries as to the
possibility of securing the services of
a skating instructor from the Kitchener
or London Skating Clubs so that child-
ren could be given lessons on figure
skating at the Arena, The United
Church gymnasium had been secured
for use of the Scouts and this 'was be- '
ing provided free if proper supervision
was provided. One hockey team would
be sponsored.
Lion Ron Rae reported a suggestion
that a slide be made for children which
would be safe from accidents. Anarri,.1
ber of Lions agreed to sing Christmas
Carols at CRNX on Christmas after-
noon, under the direction of Lion Har-
old Victor Pyre. The meeting closed
with the usual closing song and the
Lions Roar, .
UNITED -CHURCH S. S.
CHRISTMAS CONCERT
Splendid Program Presented By the
Children
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A large number attended the-r
entation of the 'United Church Christ-
mas concert which was held on Friday
evening.. The superintendent of the
Sunday chool, Mr, Frank R. Row-
Son, was chairman and introduced the
following program,
Welcome, by Danny Stuckey; Piano
solo, Jim Hall; solo, Sharon Wakeford;
song, Mrs, Hutton's Class; recitation,
Leonard Gray; Mail front Santa Mrs.
Lloyd's class; recitation, George Milt-
ray: song, Margaret Haines' class; rec.
Raton, Jimmie :Howson; song, Begin
flees and Primary classes; recitation,
Billie Laidlaw; song, Leslie Mae Wall's
class; song, Lloyd Hutton's class; dia-
logue, Miss )McPlierson'S class; drill,
Mrs, Wilkinson's and Miss Bennett's
classes; dialogue, "The Greatest Joy";
Helen. Machan, Catharine ICeating,
Jimmy Ziegler; recitation, Norman
Walpole; The Christmas Story in verse
and song, Mr. Ctvlatid's class; Piano
solo, Leslie Mae Wall,
The program concluded with the ar-
rival of Santa Claus much to the de.
light of the children.
RHYS POLLOCK
Speaker Gave Interesting Talk On His
Army Etperience
A regular Lions Luncheon was held
at Yemen's Cafe last Friday evening
with a good attendance, The guest
Speaker of the evening, Major Arthur
W. Irwin was introduced by President
Bill Hamilton, Major Irwin expressed
his pleasure at being invited to address
the Lions and proceeded with a most
interesting address, 'telling of his ex-
periences in the Dental. Corps from the
time he left Wingham until his recent
return from overseas. He explained
the set-up of the Canadian Dental
Corps, Every man in the forces was
entitled to service which would keep
him in good state of health from the.
dental viewpoint. He had the choice
of entering the Army branch or the
Airforce branch, He chose the latter.
He served in various air stations in
Ontario and was later sent to England,
crossing on the "'Warwick Castle." In
England further training was given
and eventually he ended up in the
Army branch which was attached to
an anti-aircraft unit guarding the
Thames Estuary and the approaches to
London. He explained the control of
the guns by use of radar equipment,
The radar equipment was so sensitive
that the cables of protective 'balloons
located eight miles away, were readily
detected on the' apparatus, He was
later sent to the historic old Roman
town of Colchester where old Roman
relics were easily dug up. He was at-
tached to another anti-aircraft unit and
while there he discovered a number
of cases of trench mouth which re-
quired quite a good deal of attention.
Opportunities were given to meet Eng-
lish dentists and to attend short cours-
es where much valuable information
was exchanged,
His unit boarded a boat in Scotland
without any information being given
out and when they first saw land again,
they saw the lights of the city of Tan-
gier in North Africa. They were land-
ed at a small town in the moonlight
and he was impressed with the beauty;
of it when passing through. Next day
however when again in this town he
discovered it was a very dirty place.
He had opportunities of seeing Tunis,
Bizerta and took a trip to see the ruins
of the ancient city of Carthage. The
heat was intense and work was carried
out in a steel roofed Nissen hut with
hours from 7 a.m. to 11 and from 4 p.
m. to the end of daylight, He landed
at the Bay of Naples at New Year's
in 1944. A wonderful salvage job had
been done in the harbour at Naples as
it was all cluttered up with wrecks at
first. At Abileno it was so cold that
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of the season, carrying with them our wish for your
-very Merry Christmas.
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Greetings
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Season
May every Christmas Wreath remind you of
our wish that you have greater happines, peace
and prosperity in the holiday season.
We hope that Christmas will bring you the
best of all things.
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i----ecitation "Christmas is Different."
Mrs. J. Kelly read an article from
the Link and Visitor entitled "Cyclone
and Tidal Wave Devastated! the Tae-
gu Field" by Rev. Leslie Wilton, Mrs.
Geo. H. Scott continued with a reading,
"The Spiritual Battle" by Rev. Dr.
Wm. Quinn of Central India.
Mrs. Pryce read two letters which
she had received from two Christains
in Germany, with regard to the send-
ng of the Scoffield Bible to her neph-
ew, Mr. Frank Collar, who recently
returned from overseas. Frank has
requested the Bible as the Christian
lady wants it to assist her win souls
for Christ, Mrs. Pryce had forwarded
it and this lady in her kind, christian
way expressed her thanks to Mrs..
Pryce for her kindness in assisting hQr,
with Christian endeavours. This letter-
was very touching anti warmed the
hearts of all present.
A poem, " The Ministry of Prayer"
and a session of prayer was held with
Miss Dinsmore, Mrs. Collar, Mrs.
Kelly and Mrs. Morton participating.
A dainty lunch was served by the
hostess and a happy time of fellowship
spent together,
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May your Christmas be bright, and may all have their every wish
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ers Secretary—Mrs. T. C. King; Assis-
tant Secretary—Mrs. E. R. Harrison;
Supply Secretary—Mrs. H. C. Mac-
Lean; Welcome and Welfare Commit-
tee—Mrs. C. Gannage, Mrs. H. Sher-
thondy, Mrs. J. W. McKibbon; Mrs. FL
V. Pym; Mrs. Geo. Day, Mrs. A, Has-
ings; Social Convener—Mrs. W. H,
Gurney; Pianist-- Miss IC, Pringle;
AtcliatourgsiitlA,liss A, McBurney, Miss V.
McLaughlin.
Cut In Butter Ration Soon
Canadians are going to get a one-
ounce reduction in their butter ration.
from seven to six ounces per person
per week, This change will take ef-
fect the first of the New Year and will
most likely be continued until April.
For the past three winters Canadians
have experienced seasonal cuts in the
butter ration. The cut will be made
effective by missing a coupon every
fourth week instead of every eighth
week and the first coupon will be drop-
ped, January 3rd.-
BAPTIST SR, MISSION
GROUP HELD MEETING
Letter Read From German Woman.
To Whom Bible Was Sent
Mrs. Bert Collar opened her home
for the Christmas meeting of the Sen-
ior Mission Circle of the Baptist
Church, Mrs. Pryce, who was in
charge, opened the meeting by reading
the poem "The Babe of Bethlehem"
and she also offered prayer.. "Angels
of Realms of Glory" and "Come All Ye
Faithful" were sung and the roll call
answered by a verse of scripture, Mrs.
John Falconer, the secretary, read the
minutes of the November meeting.
Mrs. John Lucas conducted the de-
votional period reading from Isaiah,
9:6, "And His name shall be called
Wonderful"; Mrs. Frank Collar gave a